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Ogasawarana obtusa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Helicinidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Helicinoidea

Rank
  
Species

Genus
  
Ogasawarana Wagner, 1905

Ogasawarana obtusa is an extinct species of snail from Chichi-jima, Ogasawara, Japan. The holotype and paratypes are from 720 years BP. The shell is 4.9 to 5.3 millimetres (0.19 to 0.21 in) in diameter and 2.7 to 2.8 millimetres (0.11 to 0.11 in) in height. It has approximately 3.5 whorls. The surface of the shell is smooth, with fine growth lines and no spiral lines.

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Ogasawarana obtusa Wikipedia